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Also Known As Yekaterina Alekseyevna • Marta Skowronska
Born April 15, 1684
Died May 17, 1727 (aged 43) • St. PetersburgRussia
Title / Office empress (1725-1727), Russian Empire
House / Dynasty Romanov dynasty
Notable Family Members spouse Peter I • daughter Elizabeth

Peter I
Peter I
emperor of Russia
Catherine II
Catherine the Great
empress of Russia
Sergey Yulyevich Witte
Sergey Yulyevich, Count Witte
prime minister of Russia
Paul, emperor of Russia
Paul
emperor of Russia
Anna Ivanovna
Anna
empress of Russia
Peter III
Peter III
emperor of Russia
Peter II
Peter II
emperor of Russia
Anna Leopoldovna, detail of an engraving by J. Wagner after a portrait by N.A. Venetus, 18th century
Anna
regent of Russia
Boris Alekseyevich Golitsyn, detail of a lithograph
Boris Alekseyevich Golitsyn
Russian statesman
Patrick Gordon
Scottish mercenary
First False Dmitry
Russian pretender
Third False Dmitry
Russian pretender
Vladimir A. Kryuchkov
Soviet politician
Anatoly Chubais
Russian economist and politician
Second False Dmitry
Russian pretender
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
prime minister of Soviet Union